Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gifted from a young age, Meriele studied abroad. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gifted student he started as a Carpenter, but he got bored and became a Healer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 sp. Red spinel (90 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Eridred never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 sp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears long strands of jet and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Mindartis has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Tippletoe reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tan trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Mardnab hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 gp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has cinnamon fur. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Lone was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with pastel slacks and is in decent physical shape. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears dull blue sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 52. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Eberdeb has worked very hard to control his curse. He has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 80 gp. Banded agate (5 gp).